Brittany Luce

What is the most you've ever spent to go to someone else's wedding?

Where do these guest expenses come from?

I know there's a difference between going to a wedding versus being in the wedding as a member of the wedding party, but both of those things can add up.

Right.

It depends on the situation, but that is definitely a thing.

Bachelorette trips and bachelor trips, those are also things I don't really think were that common when I was a kid.

Like people used to just, you would have a party, you'd have a bachelorette party.

But now it's like, we're going to go to Miami, Nashville, Scottsdale, or wherever.

Night one, everyone's wearing wigs.

Night two, everyone's wearing latex.

Night three, every day is like a different theme and there's all this, you know, it's a whole drama.

One thing that I'm thinking about, a lot of this discourse revolves around bridal parties, but I'm curious about the grooms and their crew.

Like, you know, do the guys have the same kind of expenditures?

Like, is there a gender element we're seeing at play here?

Or am I delusional?

Like, am I just making that up?

We've talked about the wedding parties, but even for people who aren't a part of one, like the most expensive wedding I went to was a destination wedding and it was beautiful and totally worth it.

But it was in the $3,000 range for me, and I was not a part of the bridal party.

And destination weddings, they are on the rise.

According to the business research company, the market for destination weddings is expected to have grown by 30% this year.